Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-09-23
DAKOTA NEWS.

City and corn is perfectly ripe.
= A vote has been ordered taken on the
local option question IN Deuel. county.
An election on the local option ques-
ton has teen ordered in Hughes county.
The DeSmet Roller mills will have 8
capacity of sixty barrels Of -four per day.
Mrs. Schultz, the lady at Bristol
who was gored by a bull, has since died.
The planing mill OF 81. Grimmels, at
Sioux Falls, burned last spring, is being
rebuilt.
Too much rain is the universal COM
plant of the farmers in the vicinity of
DeSmet
The Bethel Methodist church, in Ben
ton township, near Sioux Falls, has been
dedicoted.
Huron is no longer the scene of grim
visaged war, and the people have returned
OF their peaceful pursuits.
Sheriff Hanson, of Day county, mr.
rested at Webster, Riley Vanderford,
charged with horse stealing.
Gen. Fairchild, Gen. Allen and Judge
Palmer were given reception ut Sioux
Falls by the G. A. r. post.
The machinery for the metallurgical
laboratory in the School Of Mines, of the
Black Hills, filled three cars, and the
freight was $500.
The Aberdeen Iost-ofic did $500
more business during the month of August
just passed than during any one month
since it was established.
-Solomn Pitcher was fatally shot while
hunting prairie chickens by his companion
accidentally, four miles southeast of Clare
mont, in Brown county.
Hon. j. H. Fletcher, of Brown county,
had the misfortune to run IL tine of pitch
fork through his foot while trying to ex-
terminate lively gopher.
-Ex- Gov. tOrdway denies that he has
made vast amount of money OH Capital
hill, Washington, but says he has plenty
of money. also keeps close watch of
Dakota affairs.
The Methods. conference which
meets at Aberdeen October 10. will be
composed of liz ministerial and 1l2 lay
delegates. 1t will represent 5000 mem
bers of that church.
Bishop Marty, of the Catholic church,
has established Saint Rose Academy at
Sioux Falls, and an effort will be made to
getth cathedral and make that the Catho-
lie see city Of Dakota.
Elk Gov. n. G. Ordway has prese nted
the university of North Dakota at Grand
Forks, handsomely autographed copies of
two letters received by him while governor,
from Prince Otto Won Bismarck. chancellor
of the German empire, on the occasion of
the latter receiving notice that Oak ota's
capital seat was named in his honor.
Tho grand review of tho Dakota Ma
tonal Guard occurred at Huron recently,
reviewed by Gov. Church and staff from
the grand stand at the corner of Third
street and Dakota avenue. Upon this
stand, or mounted on the street below,
was Governor ChSch, Generel Tyner,
Colonel Townsend aad Captain Pitnam,
o. S. A., General Ringrose, Colonels Nc
Carly, Huff, Corwin, Goodner, Gale,
Wilder, Dewey, Nulcahy, Lynch, Captains
Lewis and Hollenbeck. Also Mayor Rice
and all the city council, Receiver Miller,
Register Mcfarland, Surveyor General
Taylor, Postmaster Love, Delegate Clifford,
Hon. J. D. Lawler, of Mitchell; Rev. S. G..
Updyke, of Bookings; Grand Prelate of
the Grand Lodge of Dakota, A. F. and A.
NJ. Colonel Townsend and Captain Pit
man. of the United States army, were very
complimentary to the officers and men, and
sold that everything was highly satisfac-
tory. Among the distinguished visitors
were o. S. Clifford, of Canton; d. M. In
man, of Vermillion; General Harrison AL
len, of Fargo; Railroad Commissioners
Griggs and Boynton and Secretary Quinn,
Of Huron; Editor Bismarck, of the Tribune;
Territorial Auditor Ward, Attorney Cen
eral Templeton, John Lawler, of Mitchell;
Commissioner Of Immigration Mcclure
and Examiner c. N. Harris. The encamp-
ment was great success.
Gen. Hugh j. Campbell opened the
division campaign in Kingsbury county by
speech at DeSmet. The general is one
Of Dakotas ablest speakers, and is very
popular in the DeSmet section Of the
country. In his opening remarks he said
that his being assigned to Kingsbury
county was no work of his, as he cons,d-
cred it needless to take up his time in
speaking TO people who We're already unan-
imously in favor of the movement He
said his address would be mors like q con-
ference with friends than political
speech. He was very attentively listened
10 throughout. At the close the following
resolutions were unanimously adopted:
ResoJved, That we want division of the
territory and admission Us two states, to
save taxes, to govern ourselves, and to Sc
cure for the northwest her just voice and
power in the nation.
Resolved, That in our opinion division
will strengthen our means of protecting and
conserving the great waterways of the
northwest, which are of vital importance to
transportation in this agricultural region.
RESOLVED, That we protest against the
policy of the administration in withholding
our constitutional rights, in sending nom
residents to rule over us and to interpret
orr laws: and in naryertinr and instantly.